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User a replaces user b. Best way to deal with that in sbs 2011?

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I'm rusty with this.  On sbs 2011 standard (using its exchange for mail), user a left and replaced with user b. User b should have everything like use a had it - old mail, contacts, calendar, desktop apps / shortcuts, etc.

New user b should get mail sent to user a.

I'm thinking this is the same if user a got married / changed name - janedoe@contoso.com is now Janesmith@contoso.com and still gets Jane doe emails

What's the best way to deal with that?
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Thanks.  What's your thinking to not rename user and make an alias with the old name?  In that case they log in as userb, their folder on the machine will stay as c:\users\usera, right?
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